Part of John Wells, book 6
First published 2012
A suicide bomber destroyed the CIA's Kabul Station in 2009, wiping out its senior officers in a single catastrophic attack. The bomber had posed as a source promising intelligence on Bin Laden's location. Two years later, the station remains crippled. Agents continue dying in the field while CIA leadership at Langley suspects the impossible: Taliban infiltration of their operations. They turn to John Wells, asking him to return to Afghanistan where his undercover career first began. Wells reluctantly accepts the assignment and arrives to find the station consumed by suspicion and hostility. His investigation uncovers evidence pointing to a complex drug trafficking network that connects the Agency, American military forces, and the Taliban itself. As Wells digs deeper, he realizes that Americans are being killed by one of their own. The traitor remains hidden within the system, protected by the chaos and mistrust that pervades the station. Wells must navigate this dangerous web of corruption and betrayal to identify the killer before more lives are lost.
Genres: military-fiction, action, mystery-thriller, espionage, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation, undercover
Setting: Afghanistan, Kabul, Langley
Period: 2009, 2011
400 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Adult
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, murder